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The sacred formulas of the Cherokees
James Mooney, James Mooney
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Publisher
G.P.O.
Language
English
Pages
397

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Subjects

Cherokee Indians, Medicine, Religion, Cherokee language, Texts, Cherokee mythology, Rites and ceremonies

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The sacred formulas of the Cherokees
1891, G.P.O.
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Table of Contents

How the formulas were obtained
Character of the formulas, the Cherokee religion
Myth of the origin of disease and medicine
Theory of disease: animals, ghosts, witches
Selected list of plants used
Medical practice: theory of resemblances, fasting, tabu, seclusion, women
The ugistaʹ ʻtĭ or pay of the shaman
Ceremonies for gathering plants and preparing medicine
The Cherokee gods and their abiding places
Color symbolism
Importance attached to names
Language of the formulas
Specimen formulas. Medicine ; Hunting ; Love ; Miscellaneous.

Edition Notes

Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Series
Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution -- 7th (1885-86) [paper no. 3], Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I, Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I

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[electronic resource] /
Pagination
1 online resource (p. 301-397, [4] leaves of plates)
Number of pages
397

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL44696484M
OCLC/WorldCat
1275396029

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